Communications

Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I would like to obtain all emails sent to, from, or copied to Stephanie Rawlings-Blake or Catherine E. Pugh (former and current mayor) from January 1, 2015 to Present day, containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: 'EB-5', 'Regional Center', 'Oriental' or 'EB5'.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

In your April 28, 2018 e-mail to the Mayor's Office, attached, you requested "all emails sent to, from, or copied to Stephanie Rawlings-Blake or Catherine E. Pugh (former and current mayor) from January 1, 2015 to Present day, containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: 'EB-5', 'Regional Center', 'Oriental' or 'EB5'." The Maryland Public Information Act ("PIA"), Maryland Code, General Provisions ("GP"), Sections 4-101 et seq. governs your request.A request for public information under the PIA must be submitted to an agency's custodian of public records. GP § 4-202(a). Each governmental entity, including each Baltimore City agency, is the custodian of its own records. See Baltimore City Code, Art. 1 § 10-1. This response is on behalf of the Mayor's Office. The responsive records in the custody of the Mayor's Office are attached.

Nothing in this response is intended to indicate that records sought from City agencies exist or to waive any privileges held by the Mayor and City Council. You may contest this response by filing a complaint in Circuit Court pursuant to GP section 4-362.